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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1931
Page
4
Chumah tie Y P S bekd St Patrick s party hosted at the home of S M Kirk on March with many parents and friends present. Ernest Pearson led a devotional and the dramatic committee performed a sketch amid Irish contests and games. Miss Norma Andrew was honored as she leaves the district and neighbors serenaded Mr and Mrs A E Andrew.
The Hamiota council approved four gravel road projects in the north east and village areas with work to be day labor where possible. A detailed finance list was adopted including payments to CP.R. freight Ed Why tax rebates Shear down cemetery Wm T Andrew and others, with a meeting set for April 11.
A health explainer discusses how diphtheria germs cause illness via their toxin, the role of diphtheria antitoxin, and how vaccination with diphtheria toxoid stimulates protection. It notes recurring deaths in Canada and encourages parental vaccination through physicians.
Hamiota council meets with Reeve Pearson. By-law 412 authorizes buying four acres for cemetery. Tax relief for Robt Gory and John McMillan approved. Engineer to fence Market Road north side. Road dragging advertised. By-law 413 borrows 350,000 dollars from Royal Bank. By-law 414 names W J Burgess as solicitor. Dog licensing contemplated with one free dog per farmer. Crossing closure aid requested from Railway Board. Good Roads Board to gravel two Market Road Projects.
E W McConnell placed ninth with a pair of Shorthorns in a field of eighteen at the Brandon fat stock show last week. The Young People’s Society met at the Skinner home with strong attendance, and a near-term meeting is planned at the Stewart home on Thursday April 2. Mrs W K Bradley of Birtle visited Lavinia, and a community dance at the Boyd home was well attended. many locals also attended the Brandon Winter Fair last week.
The Hamitoa Choral Society presented four numbers including Moonlight and The Waters of Tyne at Hamiota United Church with Rev R E McCullagh D D as chairman. Mrs. R L Dickey aided with readings and the string quartet impressed. The group prepares for the May 25 and 26 musical festival in Hamiota.
The piece argues that some children struggle with schooling yet can learn trades through specialized classes and manual training. It notes Canada’s cities offering such programs, praises Toronto’s two post sixteen schools for boys and girls, and urges wider adoption in other towns. It invites readers to request more information from Mental Health in Toronto.
The Dominion Cerealist L. H. Newman urges Ontario producers to sow the purest seed on prepared land for the 1932 Regina World Grain Exhibition. Tests will evaluate cereal purity, with emphasis on mature, well-stored crops and carefully sieved samples to win top prizes amid keen competition.
The roundup notes 1930 fruit production value at 19.2 million with Canada supplying most blooms and tobacco mostly domestic. It tallies 129 new companies in Nova Scotia, a hake shipment to Brazil from Digby, and rising wheat arrivals at Saint John. It also marks two babies born aboard the Empress of Japan voyage and outlines a Buenos Aires Trade Fair broadcast plan for Canada.
A motorcycle and sidecar with two riders and a skier hit a 50 mph run on an improvised track at Lake Louise at 6000 feet December 28. It marked the first motorcycle on the lake, the first ski-joring, and the first winter ride from the Prairies to Lake Louise.
The Corn Belt spreads north with high quality corn as prairie provinces showcase diverse varieties. The Saskatchewan Corn Growers Association hosts a premier fifth annual show highlighting one of western Canada’s finest corn exhibits.
An official report notes that more than 55 000 pounds of the eight armed octopus were landed in 1928 and over 28 900 pounds in 1929. The fish is mainly consumed by Orientals in British Columbia and fetches five to ten cents per pound on markets. The catch is incidental to other fishing activity.
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